ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2019
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk for Early Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Cohort Study of 1.1 Million Young Adults.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Plasma Cortisol and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Mendelian Randomization Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2021Pooled it
- Psychological aspects of atrial fibrillation: A systematic narrative review : Impact on incidence, cognition, prognosis, and symptom perception.Current cardiology reports · 2020Pooled it
- Arrhythmia Risk During the 2016 US Presidential Election: The Cost of Stressful Politics.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Trial
- Impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on incident cardiovascular outcomes in women veterans: a retrospective longitudinal study.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Atherosclerosis: Co-Phenomena, or Cause-and-Effect?Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- Patterns and trends in atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter incidence rates in G20 countries (1990-2021) and predictions to 2050.Medicine · 2026Article
- Mental Health Across the Atrial Fibrillation Continuum: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Clinical Implications.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- [The role of psychosocial risk factors in the development and course of atrial fibrillation].Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2026Review
- Psychological Scars and Physical Consequences: Linking PTSD to Cardiovascular Health.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2026Review
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Acute Cardiovascular Events: Protocol of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- A model of β-adrenergic stimulation in human ventricular cells for tissue-scale simulations of sympathetically modulated tachycardias.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Heart-brain axis pathophysiological understanding and clinical impact.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Prevalence and Factors Associated With Atrial Fibrillation Among Young Patients With Ischemic Stroke.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Observational
- 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2025Review
- Association of single and multiple cardiometabolic diseases with atrial fibrillation: a prospective cohort study.Open heart · 2025Article
- Neuropsychiatry of atrial fibrillation: dementia and beyond.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Shared genetic risk and causal associations between Post-traumatic stress disorder and migraine with antithrombotic agents and other medications.Neurobiology of stress · 2025Article
- 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2024Review
- Global epidemiology of mental disorder in atrial fibrillation between 1998-2021: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Insomnia and Early Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A 16-Year Cohort Study of Younger Men and Women Veterans.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background Acute psychological stress and negative emotions are known risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF). Whether exposure to chronic stress syndromes, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), also increases susceptibility to AF is unknown. Methods and Results We prospectively assessed the incidence of AF over a 13-year period among 988 090 young and middle-aged veterans (mean age, 30.29±9.19 years; 87.8% men, 64.5% white) who first accessed care through the Veterans Health Administration from October 2001 to November 2014 and were free of AF, atrial flutter, or atrial tachycardia at baseline. Time-varying, multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine the independent contribution of PTSD to new AF. We also tested for effect modification by sex and controlled for healthcare use. During a mean follow-up of 4.8 years, 2491 patients were diagnosed with AF. Patients with PTSD had a higher overall incidence of AF (
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